Today’s hike took me up to the ridgetop Bald Peaks Trail at Calero Park.
Bald Peaks Trail. Calero Park. June 3, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
While I could have made a long (10 mile) loop out of this hike, I didn’t have quite enough time this morning. I started at the parking lot by the [...]
A hike that leaves you in shape to hit sportsmen’s show. This week stands out because I’m looking for a first-class hike that I can chop short if necessary because of weather or time — and still have the energy to set out for the International Sportsmen’s Exposition in San Mateo. The best answers for [...]
Ridges on the Cañada Del Oro Trail. Calero Park. November 26, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Today I hiked into an area at Calero Park that I had not visited before. From the entrance near the stable I headed out on the Figueroa Trail, then turning left onto the Cañada Del Oro trail. I took the [...]
SFGate’s Tom Stienstra shares his recommendations for a Bay Area Thanksgiving hike. He has some good suggestions, and this is a beautiful time of year for hiking. (A hike also has the benefit of working off some of those Thanksgiving dinner calories!) Unfortunately, in an unusual overisght, he doesn’t include any South Bay hikes. Here [...]
Saratoga, California, that is. And, yes. Perhaps 10 minutes drive up the road from Saratoga espresso shops and restaurants is Sanborn County Park. A couple miles uphill from the parking lot is the Todd Creek Grove.
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Little time to write about it or post photos just yet, so a quick description will have to suffice for now.
Drove over Tioga Pass on Friday through a snow storm that dropped about 5 inches of snow on the pass. After dinner at Tioga Pass Resort we continued on the BLM land east of Mammoth [...]
Sanborn Park Hike
It is so beautiful here - and I’ve had such a busy week - that I had to get out for a second hike this weekend. I went to Sanborn Park above Saratoga, which is less than a 1/2 hour drive from home.
“I had forgotten that there are redwoods this close to the [...]
Almaden Quicksilver County Park Photographs
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